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A list of key readings about History of the English language.
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  • David Crystal. The Fight for English: How Language Pundits Ate, Shot, and Left (2007), history of debates over proper usage
  • Manfred Görlach. Introduction to Early Modern English (2002)
  • Richard M. Hogg, ed. The Cambridge History of the English Language (6 Volumes) (2001)
  • Braj Kachru, Yamuna Kachru, and Cecil Nelson. The Handbook of World Englishes (2006)
  • Seth Lerer. Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language (Columbia UP: 2007) 320pp online details
  • Christian Mair. Twentieth-Century English: History, Variation and Standardization (2006)
  • Stephen J. Nagle and Sara L. Sanders. English in the Southern United States (2003)
  • Laura Wright. The Development of Standard English, 1300-1800: Theories, Descriptions, Conflicts (2005)